Matt Kenseth received the final "Winston Cup Champion" title last
night at a star-studded affair at New York's Waldorf-Astoria. An impending
blizzard hammered the city with heavy snow, but did not hamper NASCAR
ushering in their 2003 champion and...

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. may be one of the biggest stars in
NASCAR racing, but after spending a few minutes with him you realize that
he's just a regular guy. There is no glitz, no glamour. Ask a question, get
an answer. He's not interested in witty ...

Part 5: Clinching the Cup
Richmond II
One year ago, Kenseth twice came back from being a lap down and went on
to his fourth win of the season under the lights at Richmond. This year,
Kenseth started 18th and was fighting a loose race car ...

Part 3: The quest continues.
The Winston
Matt Kenseth came to Charlotte for The Winston
with a new car, a new paint scheme and thoughts of the new $1 million
prize up for grabs in the annual all-star event.
Matt Kenseth and Todd ...

Matt Kenseth put together a pretty special season one year ago. He led the
Winston Cup circuit with five wins. He finished a career-high eighth in the
championship point standings and he also won his first pole.
Matt Kenseth celebrates...

After an arduous two years with Evernham Motorsports, Casey Atwood and
Ray Evernham have decided to end their relationship ."Casey is a good
friend and a talented driver," said Ray Evernham. "We want
what's best for him and his ...

Joe Gibbs Racing has signed United
States Auto Club (USAC) racer J.J. Yeley to a multi-year contract beginning
in 2004. Gibbs, who has won two Winston Cup championships with Bobby
Labonte and Tony Stewart since its inception in 1992, has long been...

Normally the phrase "Are you hot? Is reserved for some of the more seedy
spots along Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach. Due to a change in NASCAR
policy, it is now the buzz of the Winston Cup Garage area.
The Budweiser Shootout at Daytona was the...

Petty Enterprises announced that it has given permission to veteran
driver John Andretti to pull double duty in May and seek a ride the 87th
running of The Indianapolis 500.
Andretti, who cut his racing teeth in the open wheel ranks, was the ...

Jamie McMurray bested fellow rookie Greg Biffle to earn the
Raybestos Rookie of the year honors for 2003. Although Biffle won an event
(Pepsi 400) and McMurray did not, more consistent finishes and a panel vote
helped McMurray beat Biffle by 33 ...

When Matt Kenseth claimed the 2003 Winston Cup championship last Sunday
at Rockingham, he made official what most of the competitors on the
circuit have known for months. Everyone else is running for second place.
Matt Kenseth and Jimmie...

Bill Elliott overcame starting from the rear of the field (engine change),
as well as a late race charge by Jimmie Johnson to earn the first victory of
the season for Evernham Motorsports. It was a sweet victory for Elliott, who
made his first ...

Jamie McMurray has earned his first career pole at the
season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway. Previously, McMurray's best
start was second at the fall event in Talladega. McMurray's hot lap of
181.111 mph blistered the rest of the field, only...

After
a heated side-by-side battle for the lead,
Tony Stewart denied Ryan Newman his ninth season victory
With ten laps to go, Newman led the UAW-GM 500 at Lowe's Speedway,
but the fast approaching car of Stewart was making ground.
Tony...

In a sport where winning is everything, where it is equally as hard
to find victory lane, when someone blows into the sport and sets it on
fire, it's bound to raise some people's ire.
Ryan Newman is starting to experience some of the backlash ...

Jimmie Johnson grew up racing motorcycles before venturing into off-road
racing, where he captured 25 wins and 3 Rookie of the Year titles. Johnson
then leaped to the ASA before joining the NASCAR Busch Series fulltime in
2000.
Jimmie ...

Ryan Newman took the lead with 28 laps left to go and held off a
hard-charging Bill Elliott to win the Banquet 400 Sunday at Kansas
Speedway. It was Newman's eighth win of the season and third in the
past five races.
Ryan Newman.
Photo...

It's a trip that Elliot Sadler would like to forget.
After a wild ride in a spectacular crash on lap 181 of the EA Sports 500
last Sunday at Talladega, Sadler is medically cleared and mentally ready
to get back in the car this weekend at ...

Jimmy Johnson obliterated the Kansas Speedway lap record on Friday,
easily winning the pole for Sunday's Banquet 400 with a fast lap of
180.373 miles per hour.
Johnson improved on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s record lap of 177.924 from
one year ago. It...

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is awaiting clearance from NASCAR
regarding his medical standing, as to whether he can compete in this
weekend's EA Sports 500 at Talladega. Earnhardt has won the last four
consecutive Cup races at the 2.66-mile Alabama super...

Ryan Newman motored to a series-high seventh pole of the
season at the 1.058-mile oval in Loudon, New Hampshire. Newman set the
track record this event last year with a speed of 132.241 mph. This year's
pole lap bested that one by one mph to give...

Kevin Harvick is making a strong case to prove that the 2003 Winston Cup
championship is not a one-horse race.
Since the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in June, Harvick has
charged from 11th to third in the Winston Cup point standings.

Jeff Gordon is looking to make a little history this weekend at
Darlington Raceway.
The four-time Winston Cup champion is the active leader in wins at the
historic track and would love to be the man that wins the last Labor Day
race at...

Ryan Newman earned his sixth pole of the season, and
13th of his career at the 1.366-mile track at Darlington. Newman's hot lap
of 169.048 mph secured his first ever Darlington pole.
"The guys did a great job with the car," said Newman. "We were...

Kurt Busch battled battery voltage problems and a record-tying number of
cautions (20) to score his fourth win of the season at
Bristol Motor Speedway.
Upon exiting his car, he was immediately apologetic to Sterling Marlin, whom
he turned...

The National Stock Car Racing Commission on Wednesday
morning maintained the penalties enforced by NASCAR against Jimmy Spencer
for an incident at Michigan involving fellow driver Kurt Busch. Spencer who
drives the No. 7 Dodge for Ultra...

Bobby Labonte scored his 25th career Bud pole, and fourth
pole of this season by posting a lap of 190.240 mph. It is Labonte's second one
at MIS this season, and gives him the most front-row starts this year. Only
Ryan Newman has more, with five...

Robby Gordon scored his second win of the season and
third of his career at the road racing course in Watkins Glen, New York. It
is Gordon's second Winston Cup road course victory; the first came at
Sonoma's Infineon Raceway earlier this ...

The 35th season of racing at Michigan International Speedway is heading to
a conclusion with next weekend's racing event, the NASCAR Busch and Winston
Cup races, the 23rd stop of 2003 for both series.
And
what better way to start the beginning...

Brooklyn, MI (June 13, 2003) -- Would the last one out, please take the pole
-- and he did. Bobby Labonte drew the last qualifying position for the
Sirius 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Bobby Labonte.
Photo by Tony ...

LONG POND, Pa. - No one thought it would take until June, but reigning
Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart finally landed his first victory of
2003 at Pocono Raceway. This was Stewart's 16th career victory and first
at the 2.5-mile triangle in the...